You think wrong (well, clearly there wasn't a full scale civil war but there wasn't in the US after 6 January either). There was a violent insurrection by his supporters in January, far lar… (View Post)

Andrew Johnson quite famously. But the circumstances of succeeding to the Presidency post-Civil War as Lincoln's VP, and being widely acknowledged to have made a total horlicks of it, were unusu… (View Post)

I think you and SSI are probably right. It's his availability at odds of upwards of 1000-1 that creates the slight temptation. But it would take an outlandish set of circumstances that probably … (View Post)

One would like to think so, but they were happy enough to back him when he said paying tax was a mug's game. Trump voters love all this "maverick, beating the system" stuff even if, st… (View Post)

Not sure I really understand the distinction you're seeking to make between disliking leading individuals within a party and the policies of the party on the one hand, and disliking the party on… (View Post)